Director · Producer · Actor · 1931 to 2014
Mike Nichols
Best rated: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (7.7)
- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.50
- Peak run
- 1966’73
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 4
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Mike by the numbers
Average
6.50
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
42y
1966 to 2007
Total votes
17K
across every film
Best
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Worst
6.1
Wolf
Newest first
Filmography
| 2007 |  Charlie Wilson's War | 6.5 | 1,730 |
| 2004 |  Closer | 6.8 | 3,840 |
| 2000 |  What Planet Are You From? | 5.4 | 175 |
| 1998 |  Primary Colors | 6.2 | 361 |
| 1996 |  The Birdcage | 7.0 | 1,432 |
| 1994 |  Wolf | 6.1 | 1,056 |
| 1991 |  Regarding Henry | 6.5 | 654 |
| 1990 |  Postcards from the Edge | 6.6 | 306 |
| 1988 |  Working Girl | 6.6 | 1,106 |
| 1988 |  Biloxi Blues | 6.3 | 235 |
| 1986 |  Heartburn | 6.0 | 224 |
| 1983 |  Silkwood | 6.9 | 368 |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | · | 10 |
| 1975 |  The Fortune | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1973 |  The Day of the Dolphin | 5.8 | 70 |
| 1971 |  Carnal Knowledge | 6.6 | 241 |
| 1970 |  Catch-22 | 6.7 | 373 |
| 1967 |  The Graduate | 7.6 | 3,839 |
| 1966 |  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 7.7 | 949 |
Better together?
Mike Nichols's regulars
- Michael BallhausCinematographer · 4 films · 6.22 avg
- Jack NicholsonDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.03 avg▼−0.42
- Buck HenryWriter · 3 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.42
- Meryl StreepDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.08
- Giuseppe RotunnoCinematographer · 3 films · 6.42 avg
- Carly SimonComposer · 3 films · 6.40 avg
- Georges DelerueComposer · 3 films · 6.32 avg
- Elizabeth WilsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.06 avg▲+0.49
- Gene HackmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.82 avg▲+0.35
- Julia RobertsDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.69 avg▲+0.25
- Stephen GoldblattCinematographer · 2 films · 6.69 avg
- Art GarfunkelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.65 avg▲+0.29
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Mike Nichols and Michael Ballhaus movies · Mike Nichols and Jack Nicholson movies · Mike Nichols and Buck Henry movies · Mike Nichols and Meryl Streep movies
Takes
On Mike Nichols
5 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1994Mike Nichols, John Calley and Ismail Merchant, Producers
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1989Mike Nichols
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1984Mike Nichols
- WonBest Director · Academy Awards 1968Mike Nichols
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1967Mike Nichols